Anyone ever build a guitar or Bass?

TheBMC · Post by **TheBMC** » Wednesday Jun 09, 2010

Just looking for tips and tricks... I am going to build a bass and I have a friend who is going to build a guitar but I know absolutely NOTHING about it yet.... I'm going to do some research, maybe start with a kit guitar first then do one from scratch. depending on how the kit goes..

thanks!

floodcitybrass · Post by **floodcitybrass** » Thursday Jun 10, 2010

Build as in buy a neck, precut body, and hardware then assemble it?

or build as in cut a body, route, sand, etc?

My best advice is to make sure the neck lines up and is located at the proper position given the scale.

TheBMC · Post by **TheBMC** » Thursday Jun 10, 2010

... Both actually. I want to start with a precut kit so I can understand it all more without adding the complexity of getting it all cut correctly...

but once I get a kit put together I would like to build one completely from scratch. Baby steps I guess.

Thanks for the tip!

RamRod 1 · Post by **RamRod 1** » Sunday Jun 13, 2010

I bought a "60's" Vox neck off ebay and made a Vox Phantom shape body from a piece of poplar that I had cut with a chainsaw 15 years earlier so it was nice and dry. I cut it in strips about 1 1/2 inches wide and glued it together with Elmer's glue . I thought that laminating it would help keep it from warping but Paul of "Bighead Guitars" said that it wasn't nessacery. I used a router to cut out the place to bolt on the neck and routed out spaces to mount the pick-ups and electronics. Bought a piece of white plastic for a pick guard, a Rickenbacker toggel switch, 2 Seymour Duncun bass pick-ups and bought 2 vintage Vox knobs off ebay. I bought a "Fender" vintage style bass bridge.

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Banned · Post by **Banned** » Monday Jun 14, 2010

RamRod 1 wrote:I bought a "60's" Vox neck off ebay and made a Vox Phantom shape body from a piece of poplar that I had cut with a chainsaw 15 years earlier so it was nice and dry. I cut it in strips about 1 1/2 inches wide and glued it together with Elmer's glue . I thought that laminating it would help keep it from warping but Paul of "Bighead Guitars" said that it wasn't nessacery. I used a router to cut out the place to bolt on the neck and routed out spaces to mount the pick-ups and electronics. Bought a piece of white plastic for a pick guard, a Rickenbacker toggel switch, 2 Seymour Duncun bass pick-ups and bought 2 vintage Vox knobs off ebay. I bought a "Fender" vintage style bass bridge.

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Very Impressive!

MOONDOGGY · Post by **MOONDOGGY** » Monday Jun 14, 2010

Search Talkbass.com

There are TONS of novice luthiers on there and any question you could have will be answered there.

There also many other good sites for ideas, parts, lumber, etc. Here's a few:

lmii.com
warmoth.com
carvin.com
stewmac.com
allparts.com
mightymite.com
bestbassgear.com

For some great ideas, check out:
luthiersaccessgroup.com
thelowend.net (under 'Sold Basses')

Your possibilities are endless!

Good luck and keep us posted.

RamRod 1 · Post by **RamRod 1** » Monday Jun 14, 2010

SkeezerBoy wrote:
RamRod 1 wrote:I bought a "60's" Vox neck off ebay and made a Vox Phantom shape body from a piece of poplar that I had cut with a chainsaw 15 years earlier so it was nice and dry. I cut it in strips about 1 1/2 inches wide and glued it together with Elmer's glue . I thought that laminating it would help keep it from warping but Paul of "Bighead Guitars" said that it wasn't nessacery. I used a router to cut out the place to bolt on the neck and routed out spaces to mount the pick-ups and electronics. Bought a piece of white plastic for a pick guard, a Rickenbacker toggel switch, 2 Seymour Duncun bass pick-ups and bought 2 vintage Vox knobs off ebay. I bought a "Fender" vintage style bass bridge.

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Very Impressive!

I'm from Patton Steve, what do you expect!